Access and Mobility Management function (AMF)
- Registration management.
- Connection management.
- Reachability management.
Session Management function (SMF)
- Session Management e.g. Session Establishment, modify and release, including tunnel Maintain between UPF and AN node.
- Control and coordination of charging data collection at UPF.
User plane function (UPF)
- External PDU Session point of interconnect to Data Network.
- Packet routing & forwarding
- Traffic usage reporting.
- QoS handling for user plane
Policy Control Function (PCF)
- Supports unified policy framework to govern network behaviour.
Network Exposure Function (NEF)
Network Repository Function (NRF)
Unified Data Management (UDM)
- User Identification Handling
Authentication Server Function (AUSF)
- Supports authentication for 3GPP access and untrusted non-3GPP access
Unified Data Repository (UDR)
- Storage and retrieval of subscription data by the UDM.
Network Slice Selection Function (NSSF)
- Selecting the set of Network Slice instances serving the UE;
- Determining the Allowed NSSAI